Untold Ref Review: Newcastle United 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers

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Today’s referee is Chris Foy

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Chris Foy (2012-01-15)

Period 1

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

Weight

2

OFFSIDE

QPR

C

correct

1

5

PENALTY

Newcastle

C

ridiculous claim for handball. The ball hit the Newcastle defender high on the arm that was thight to his body. Correct non decision

3

9

OTHER

Guthrie

Buzsaky

C

Trip

1

10

OFFSIDE

QPR

C

assumed correct

1

12

OTHER

Ameobi

C

handball

1

14

OFFSIDE

QPR

C

assumed correct

1

16

OTHER

Simpson

Taylor

NC

“Pushed the defender who tried to clear the ball, not given”

1

18

OTHER

Coloccini

Bothroyd

NC

Held the striker by the arm

1

18

YELLOW

Coloccini

NC

would have been a possible promising attack for QPR

2

20

OTHER

Derry

Cabaye

C

“Frontal tackle, foot on the floor, right on the ankle “

1

20

YELLOW

Derry

C

“Foot stayed on the floor but studs on the ankle, not an outstretched leg so a yellow is correct”

2

26

OTHER

Derry

Guttierez

C

pull

1

27

OTHER

Gabbidon

Ameobi

C

push

1

29

OTHER

Wright_Philips

Guttierez

C

Trip

1

32

OTHER

QPR

Newcastle

NC

jumped in the back not given

1

32

OTHER

Hill

Simpson

C

Trip

1

32

YELLOW

Hill

C

went for the man

2

37

GOAL

Newcastle

C

correct

3

39

OTHER

Bothroyd

Santon

C

wild flying tackle

1

39

YELLOW

Bothroyd

C

“Wild and late, correct card”

2

45

OTHER

QPR

Gutjrie

NC

“push, not given, no advantage signalled”

1

Period 2

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

Weight

46

OTHER

Ameobi

Ferdinand

C

Jumped in the back

1

48

OTHER

Coloccini

Helguson

C

Trip

1

52

OFFSIDE

QPR

C

assumed correct

1

53

OTHER

QPR

Ben Arfa

NC

“Pulled him back, lost speed and then lost the ball, no advantage signalled, should have gone back”

1

58

OFFSIDE

QPR

C

assumed correct

1

60

PENALTY

QPR

C

“Newcastle appeal for handball but replay shows it was with the chest, correct non decision”

3

63

OTHER

Newcastle

Derry

NC

Clear push in the back and then picks up the ball and the ref points at the ball?

1

64

OTHER

Newcastle

Helguson

NC

Frontal tackel not given

1

69

OTHER

Mackie

Guthrie

NC

“Jump in the back, advantage given”

0

78

OTHER

Macheda

C

handball

2

79

OTHER

Macheda

Taylor

NC

push on defender not given

1

83

OTHER

Newcastle

Wright-Phiilips

NC

“Jumped in the back, showed studs when on the ground to a QPR player all not given”

1

83

OTHER

Macheda

Guthrie

C

After letting everything go for a minute Machede comes in dangerous. Guthrie saw him coming and could avoid the most of the impact

1

83

YELLOW

Macheda

C

correct but ref if you would be more strict in the seconds before it would not have come that far

2

86

OTHER

Perch

Smith

C

Trip

1

88

OTHER

Mackie

Jonas

C

push

1

90

OTHER

Smith

Ben Arfa

C

held him

1

91

OFFSIDE

QPR

C

assumed correct

1

93

OTHER

Ben Arfa

Hill

C

held him

1

He was spot on to rule out a penalty claim for QPR when the ball did not hit the arm of a Newcastle defender. But after 15 minutes he suddenly dropped his performance. Missing fouls and getting the game a bit bad tempered. Resulting in a yellow card for Derry who made frontal tackle on Cabaye who had to leave the field. If the ref would have been firmer in the minutes before it might not have happened.

After that he was a bit more alert and gave the needed yellow cards when things got a bit out of hand.

In the second half again a good call when he waved correctly away an appeal for a penalty for handball. The defender controlled it with the chest.

Around the 80 minute mark he suddenly was absent. Some things could and should have been called but because no replays I cannot quote them but I had the feeling he was losing control. Macheda then went in dangerous and suddenly the ref realised why he was on the field and called the foul and gave a yellow. This was enough to keep him awake for the rest of the game to safe his score.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Chris Foy (2012-01-15)

Period 1

Called

Total

Correct %

GOAL

1

1

100.00

OFFSIDE

3

3

100.00

OTHER

8

12

66.67

PENALTY

1

1

100.00

YELLOW

3

4

75.00

TOTAL

16

21

76.19

WEIGHTED

23

29

79.31

Period 2

Called

Total

Correct %

OFFSIDE

3

3

100.00

OTHER

8

14

57.14

PENALTY

1

1

100.00

YELLOW

1

1

100.00

TOTAL

13

19

68.42

WEIGHTED

16

22

72.73

Totals

Called

Total

Correct %

GOAL

1

1

100.00

OFFSIDE

6

6

100.00

OTHER

16

26

61.54

PENALTY

2

2

100.00

YELLOW

4

5

80.00

TOTAL

29

40

72.50

WEIGHTED

39

51

76.47

A rather good score in the first half but the numbers went down in the second half.